Temporal changes of urinary oxidative metabolites of Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate after the 2011 phthalate incident in Taiwanese children: Findings of a six month follow-up

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 13754-13762

  Wu, Chia Fang ^a   Chen, Bai Hsiun ^b   Shiea, Jentaie ^c   Chen, Eric K ^a   Liu, Ching Kuan ^b   Chao, Mei Chyn ^b   Ho, Chi Kung ^a   Wu, Jiunn Ren ^b   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,b,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY INTAKE; DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE; URINE SAMPLE;

BIOMOLECULES; ESTERS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; NUTRITION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; PHTHALIC ACID;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD INTAKE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; URINE;

TAIWAN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHTHALIC ACIDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889827333     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403141u     Document Type: Article

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